[QUOTE=Permanent Solution]Against Me!
Alkaline Trio[/QUOTE]
I'm seeing them this weekend. My first time for Alkaline Trio.

I can't wait.

There is going to be a Joe Satriani concert in a couple months three hours away from me. The only problem is you have to be 18+ to get in. I'm pretty sure I can't pass for an 18 year old, so I guess I'm not going.

[QUOTE=musicforlife]There is going to be a Joe Satriani concert in a couple months three hours away from me. The only problem is you have to be 18+ to get in. I'm pretty sure I can't pass for an 18 year old, so I guess I'm not going.[/QUOTE]

Is Stu Hamm playing bass for him?!

[QUOTE=thedeadwalk!]I'm seeing them this weekend. My first time for Alkaline Trio.

I can't wait.[/QUOTE]
It will be excellent. Defintely will be a great Trio show.

[B]MARATHON![/B]

To be honest, none of the other bands that played are even worth mentioning. They were all locals, and pretty good, but they couldn't touch Marathon.

Tonight was Marathon's last show in Rochester, and their fourth-last show ever. There was a pretty sizable crowd for the venue (probably 125-150 people), and the energy was unbelievable. Every single person was singing every word to every song, and people were jumping off the stage and dancing around the whole time.

Marathon played a good majority of their music, and the whole set was great. During "I Don't have A Dancing Problem", the lead singer went into the crowd and started jumping around in the pit. Overall, it was an amazing show.

(The only negative to the entire show was getting kicked in the face by a stagediver during the second last song, leaving me with a bloody lip)

Anyway, I'll be looking forward to catching their final show ever on May 20th in Syracuse. It'll be a bit of a drive (2+ hours), but it'll be well worth it. It's hard to believe that such an amazing band is breaking up, but I'm glad for the opportunity to have had a chance to see them twice, and I can't wait to see them one final time. :D :(

-

On deck for this week:

4/9 - Nightmare of You
4/11 - Catch 22
4/12 - Anberlin
4/15 - No Trigger

[B]Nightmare Of You[/B]

So, last night I went to see Nightmare of You. When I first heard these guys, I wasn't too into them, but when I learned they would be playing here, I decided to give them another try, "just for the hell of it". Well, as it turns out, I liked them a lot more, so I decided to go.

The show was really pretty good. I only know the songs from their EP, but they played 4 out of 5 of them, so I was happy. They only played about ten songs total, but it was still a really good show.

The other bands that played were [B]Damiera[/B], [B]The Frameup[/B], and [B]Aside The Hero[/B]. I think they're all local. They were all pretty good as well.

Anyway, Catch 22 tomorrow, and Anberlin/Emery Wednesday :D :D :D

How you can afford to go to all these gigs is beyond me. I've got Give It A Name festival in 2 weeks, which I'm hoping should be good. I have to convince my friend that Say Anything are better than Taking Back Sunday though so I can see them.

I have a good amount of money, considering I don't have a job. Plus, tickets are cheap.

I'm seeing Taking Back Sunday on May 6th, and Say Anything on May 11th. :p

I'm going to see Taking Back Sunday this Sunday....Easter sunday haha I am so pumped up for it. Its going to be an awesome show.

I'm going to Give it a Name in 20 days. Ooooooh.

Im going to the London Ontario TOC i can't wait
thursday should be kick ***


how is the pits at taste of chaos?

OMFG DUDE I"M GOING TO THE SAME ONE

same place too.

hmm should i post about some shows i've seen? well that i remember i've see kincaide, Ruckus(3 or 4x), Theset, thebleedingalarm(2x), Stutterfly, Push for Protection(3 or 4x), hardball, ghost cried murder, remember august, Glory Nights, A last goodbye.. and i think thats it. i only have write-ups on a couple shows but i'm gonna post them

my first local show(march 18th 2005)

i went to an awsome concet last night. first was ruckus a band from my own penticton. but before i talk about them i just have to say i met the guitarist dustin 21 times. awesome, huh? i'm on camera. and i met the one guitarist for thebleedingalarm he was awsome. damn good bouncer. anyways. Ruckus was good awsome guys. singer was hot*i'm bi get over it* too bad this was his tryout and he failed.haha. he had a cool hairdo. they played better live than the live recordings they have up atm. it was mostly covers cause they are workin on songs right now. then there was a short break and i still hadn't gone in the pit. but then Push for protection came on. george ****in ruled. they played thier own songs after anoucing a cd coming out during the summer(supposed to be tons of shows during the summer) and they played awesomly. good sound. good job brett.near the end of thier set i was in the pit a couple times. and then te headliners came. thebleedingalarm. i was in the pit steady for pretty much the whole set. my hair was sooo poofy and curly by the end then i noticed alittle before the bleeding alarm a bunch of people from my school showed up. the pit was awesome though. if someone fell down everyone stopped and helped the fallen up before starting again. you get helped up by someone you give them a slap on the shoulder and mosh again. it was fun. first pit experiance first real concert. overall awesome. then after the show i hung around a bit talked to some guys got signage from 4 members of thebleedingalarm on some random paper i found at the show. and went home with good memories. awesome show guys and thanks for dumping water on us. it was ****in hot in the pit.

now some other ones. more organized ones.....
Ruckus/Push For Protection/Kincaide/Hardball/Glory Nights: Penticton, BC May 5th 2005

First up was hardball. put on a good show sound was good. not much of a pit till near the end though. and the guys were goofing off doin the "windmill" style mosh with eachother and kicking eachother in the balls when they were down inbetween songs. funny stuff. Hardball i'd say was a hardcore type band. they sounded pretty close to the recordings. check 'em out at [url]http://www.purevolume.com/hardball[/url]

Next was Ruckus. I had seen them once before where i met Dustin (the guitarist/singer) 21 times in one night. long story. anyways. they played a song in memory of a friend who recently died in a car crash. didn't have a name for it yet so they just called it "car crash" they didn't play "margarets afraid of bears" unfortunatly. they did play "shotgun wedding shotgun" it was about shotgun.lol. they played a cover of "bob" by NOFX and then went on to play their last song "ADD fan minus the pumpkin" was a good show you can check them out at [url]http://www.purevolume.com/ruckuscanada[/url]
but they are bad recordings.(link doesn't work anymore seems they may have broken up)

Next was a band made up of people that gradded from my school. Formelly Acronym and now Push for Protection. they anouced about the new ep coming out in summer and went right into the show. the only songs i really recognized were "only to fall" and "goodbye (to whom it may concern)" the rest was new stuff
[url]http://www.purevolume.com/pushforprotection[/url]


next were the 2nd to headliners. Kincaide came on with an almost haunting keyboard intro. then they went straight into a heavy song and the pit went crazy. i'll tell you all my injuries at the end. after another song they asked if anyone in the audiance was a natural blond. then they introduced "murderers prefer blonds" and went straight into the song. the rest is a bit of a blur cause i got squished.
[url]http://www.purevolume.com/kincaide[/url]

Then it was time for the headliners. Glory nights took the stage and they singer popped out of the audiance and jumped on stage.they talked abit about how they finally get to play in Penticton. even though it wasn't in order or anything they ended up doing the whole EP "we're all the same down here"(good cd btw)
[url]http://www.purevolume.com/glorynights[/url]
(you can listen to the whole EP here)*still maybe*

It was an awsome show and everyone did a good job. it all sounded good and everyone got the crowd moving. overall my injuries are a hard one to the leg, ankle stepped on 3 times, achilies tendon stepped on(**** that hurt), elbowed in the eye, kneed in the eye, punched and elbowed on front and back of shoulder multiple times, punched and elbowed in throat and rammed in gut and chest many times. i did walk away with kincaides new cd though. its good so far lost my toonie in the pit so i couldn't get the demo with it(****it). and that was the show over all i'd give it
9/10 cause it was only my seconed show

Ruckus/Push for Protection/Remember August/The Archer and The Eagle.May. 22nd

Ruckus was up first. they did an awesome job. kinda hard to hear dustins voice though. Before the show dustin was like,"i know you your matt. M-A-T-T that spells matt." and on his way back from the bathroom hes said," T-T-A-M. that spells matt backwards matt is a backwards guy."lol. then i met him again and he introduced me to a robot. i asked if it was robot jesus and it turned out it was. Shweeeet. anyways back to the show they did very well.

Push for protection was up next. they did a good job again. announced that the EP is 90% done. i saw ian had a nice new zack wylde epi for the show. not much to say really

Next was remember august. they did good. singer was good. bassist had a sparkely bass. and everyone but the one guitarist looked like 14-15 year old boys.lol. i got the cd and 3 pins from them. i was 2 bucks off from getting a shirt(damn)

Last but not least was the archer and the eagle. good band. good guys. good music. great sound. lots of energy. not much else to say.

since the pit was weak i only got 3 injuries. a solid elbow to the chest, a scratched eyeball, and a solid liver shot thanks to johns flailing. well thats it for now.

and after that i seemed to have stopped doing write ups. which is too bad some real good concerts happened

i'm going to a theset/glory nights concert at the end of the month so i'll do a write-up and post it for you all

kincaide came out with a new cd apparently listen to some new tracks at
[url]http://myspace.com/kincaide[/url]

the new theset video
[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=0CduktRn7tA[/url]

thebleedingalarm*they belong to immortal records now*
[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=di9AaZO2vZ8[/url]

[QUOTE=poprocks&coke]I'm going to Give it a Name in 20 days. Ooooooh.[/QUOTE]
Manchester or London?

i saw my american heart couple days ago in a small venue in Canada,really great stuff

gg ignoring me because I'm using my secondary account. :mad:

If I see oyu at taste of chaos ill hit you with my abnormally large post count

Last night I went to see Catch 22, the Loved Ones, the Tossers, and the Flatliners. The show was really good, but it was a bit disappointing, because all four bands had to cut their sets short because of another show that started at 9:30.

[B]The Flatliners[/B]
These guys were really good. I'd never heard any of their music before, but I liked them a lot.

The lead singer made some comment about how it was cool to see so many people come out for a show on a [I]Wednesday[/I], even though yesterday was [I]Tuesday[/I]. But, they were Canadian, so I'll give him a break. :p

[B]The Tossers[/B]
They only played about four songs, three of which were more like Irish ballads than Irish Punk songs. This band has a number of good punk songs, but they didn't play them. :(

The lead singer picked up on the fact that the Flatliners messed up the day, so when he made a similar comment, he put a lot of emphasis on the word "Tuesday".

[B]The Loved Ones[/B]
I've come to the conclusion that this band rules. They were so good, even though they only got to play 5 or 6 songs.

[B]Catch 22[/B]
They were better the first time I saw them. Their setlist was majorly disappointing. They played 10-12 songs, 6 of which I really enjoyed:

"On And On And On"
"Chin Up"
"9mm And A Three Piece Suit"
"Mowtown Cinderella"
"Wine Stained Lips"
"Keasbey Nights"

There might have been one more. I can't remember. The rest were meh. They didn't play nearly enough from [I]Keasbey Nights[/I]. Not even "1234 1234" :( :(

It was still a pretty good show.

oooo i got the best gig lineup soon, at the end of may im seeing taking back sunday, followed by funeral for a friend, followed by thursday, all within 10 days!!!!! woooooooo

[QUOTE=KifisSTILLa2006noob]Manchester or London?[/QUOTE]

London.

How about you?

[QUOTE=thedeadwalk!]I'm seeing them this weekend. My first time for Alkaline Trio.

I can't wait.[/QUOTE]
Oh Snap!!
I going to see them in like 3 Months.

[QUOTE=Mute Print]


[B]The Loved Ones[/B]
I've come to the conclusion that this band rules. They were so good, even though they only got to play 5 or 6 songs.[/QUOTE]

Yea The Loved Ones are great. Really good live. I saw them last August with Rise Against and Comeback Kid and have been hooked on them since.

[QUOTE=Berk11]Oh Snap!!
I going to see them in like 3 Months.[/QUOTE]
Get your tickets early.

I ended up not going because the show sold out. This caught me off guard as I've always bought my ticket at the door, or on the way there at the earliest.

I stayed home and worked a puzzle of Van Gogh's Starry Night.

[QUOTE=Atticus!]gg ignoring me because I'm using my secondary account. :mad:

If I see oyu at taste of chaos ill hit you with my abnormally large post count[/QUOTE]

haha i got hit alot, somone hit me right in the chest,knock the windo outta me and messed up my chest for a bit. not cool.

WHY wasnt thursday there? man,i was pissed.

yah my regular account is thursdaythrice,im on my bros account.

So, last night (well, Wednesday) was another show.

[B]The Classic Crime[/B]
These guys were pretty good. I hadn't heard of them before, but I enjoyed them.

[B]The Fold[/B]
I liked these guys as well. They had some pretty catchy songs.

[B]Jonezetta[/B]
I was kind of zoned out for a lot of their set. I was really lito them. They were okay though.

[B]Anberlin[/B]
Awesome. I would have liked to have heard more from [I]Blueprints For The Black Market[/I], but either way they put on a really fun show.

[B]Emery[/B]
They were great as well. It was my third time seeing them, and I had an awesome time. The pit was fun, and they played an awesome selectioin of songs.

Overall, fun night.

Top 5 live bands I ever saw:

1. Flogging Molly
2. Sick of it All
3. Big D and the Kids Table
4. Briggs
5. Dropkick Murphys

Only reason FM is ahead of SOIA is that when I saw, SOIA, i didnt know much of their music. Also, I've seen FM 4 times and they were great everytime..

Receving End Of Sirens - 4/24
This Providence - 07/01
Vans Warped Tour - 07/16

Word

I got:

4/16 - Taking Back Sunday
5/25 - Angels and Airwaves
6/13 - Panic! at the Disco, The Hush Sound
6/20 - Brand New but I doubt it
6/28 - Warped Tour

<_<

4/15 - No Trigger
4/19 - Punchline, Valencia
4/20 - Alkaline Trio, Against Me!
4/21 - Fall Out Boy, All-American Rejects
4/24 - Underminded
4/26 - Righteous Jams
4/28 - Matchbook Romance, The Early November
4/30 - At All Costs
5/5 - Silverstein
5/6 - Taking Back Sunday, Story Of The Year
5/8 - Still Remains
5/10 - Murphy's Law (?)
5/11 - Say Anything
5/12 - Inferis
5/13 - Alexisonfire, Halifax
5/16 - Bullet For My Valentine, Walls Of Jericho
5/17 - Cartel, Hit The Lights
5/20 - Marathon (last show ever!)
5/21 - Greeley Estates
6/3 - Gatsby's American Dream, Horse the Band
6/9 - The Unseen
6/17 - He Is Legend, Fall Of Troy
7/5 - Panic! at The Disco
8/1 - Vans Warped Tour

Jesus Brian

I have:

Anti-Flag 11/5

Reading Festival 25/8-27/8

Now see that cash has to add up man...that is unreal haha.

Those shows will probably total out to be around $300. :-\

Oh well.

My Leeds ticket was £135 though.

[QUOTE=J-Cool]My Leeds ticket was £135 though.[/QUOTE]
That's INSANE!

3 days worth of music, and 5 days of camping included.

Its kinda reasonable.

Meh. I guess :-\

[B]The Fall Of Troy[/B]

As most of you know, I really do not dig this band. But I heard their live show is pretty interesting so I watched them. Overall, they were okay. Admittedly Thomas Erak is good at guitar but in my opinion, it doesn't fit with their music very well. Just because he shreds (which like I said, he does, he's a spectacular guitarist) and all the scene kids go, "Oh, Thomas Erak is sooo good at guitar," it just doesn't work with that whole poppy/spazzy blood brothers thing they go for. Anyway, I know they didn't play "F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X." but their new song called something along the lines of "As Creation Does" sounded really neat actually. They played some song where everyone was singing along and for the final song, Erak came down into the crowd with mic to scream or something. Anyway, sorry I'm not more descriptive, but overall I'd give them a 6/10.

[b]HORSE The Band[/b]

Incredible set. I had heard rumors about them playing drunk and putting on some crazy shows and they were pretty much confirmed. The keyboardist looks exactly like Napoleon Dynamite and the band members are pretty goofy. They played mostly stuff from the new album with plenty of goofy between song chatter. The keyboardist and guitarist are really good at their instruments and the vocalist goes pretty nuts. The pits were pretty intense and kids were freaking out everywhere around me. Anyway, they ended with "Cutsman" and sh[size=2]i[/size]t went nuts for the breakdown. Fun and interesting set, I enjoyed it thoroughly. 8/10

[b]Poison The Well[/b]

As most of you know, the reason I was at the show.

Zombies Are Good For Your Health
Turn Down Elliot
New Song
Punker (One of their new demos that got leaked)
Slice Paper Wrists
New Song
Crystal Lake
12/23/93
New Song
Botchla
Artist's Rendering Of Me

First off, I was kind of suprised and disappointed to find out that only about 1/4 or less of the kids were actually there for Poison The Well. I knew that there would be a lot of scene kids there for Fall Of Troy but I was hoping for a more massive Poison The Well fan base. I was about 2 rows of people away from the stage and the pits and pushing were not bad at all. About 3x less worse than HORSE the Band. But I enjoyed their set thoroughly nonetheless. Their guitars were really loud and Jason Boyer (replacement for guitarist Derek Miller who left the band a little while ago) and Ben Brown (replacement for bassist) Geoff Vegas played great. Jeff is actually a huge guy and he is extremely intense live. His screams were huge, his trademark spoken word parts were awesome and although his singing had suffered a little bit by the end, he nailed the notes well. Ryan (Primack, guitarist and original member) played awesome live, he did some amazing stuff with his guitar. I was actually pleasantly surpised by their set; although I would have liked to hear (and expected to hear more from) more from You Come Before You, particulary their softer songs, I thought they weren't going to play much old stuff at all so it was great to hear the older material, especially "Turn Down Elliot," didn't expect that. I guess they like the play the heavier stuff live. Their new songs sound really amazing, I don't know how to really explain it. Their more droning and although Jeff does more singing, the songs usually have really heavy parts where Jeff gets intense. Their alot like the demo songs ("Oceanbreast" particulary). Ending with "Artist's Rendering Of Me" was one of the most righteous experiences ever; every f[size=2]u[/size]cking fan was singing along for the "I could never swallow your false ideals" part. "Slice Paper Wrists" was a real big crowd pleaser too, they slowed down the first breakdown part. "Zombies..." and "Crystal Lake" were super heavy and intense too. But alas, because of the lack of fanbase, our chants of "one more song" were in vain. But anyway, very pleasantly suprising set. Incredible experience. [B]9/10[/B]

Sounds like an awesome show Chris. I really wish that tour was coming here.

I'm seeing Horse the Band in June though.

I'm pretty sure that show is here tonight..

I would've rather seen that than the ToC considering Thursday cancelled :(

Sounds like an awesome show Chris. I can't wait to see Fall of Troy at Warped this summer. I'm a big FOT fan, haha.

Taking Back Sunday tonight!!!!! I'm so pumped for it. I'm leaving in about an hour!